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101. FVA technotrivia (score: 1)
Author: "Erik V. Berg" <erikb@elrond.sp.TRW.COM>
Date: Wed, 13 Aug 1997 20:05:52 -0700
Tony replied: Hey no problem Tony, and thanks for the clarification. Looks like my meager understanding of it may have been correct, after all. By the way, have you ever heard the song of one of thes
/html/chapman-era/1997-08/msg00011.html (7,811 bytes)

102. Re: Seven and Elite history, and administrivia (score: 1)
Author: "Erik V. Berg" <erikb@elrond.sp.TRW.COM>
Date: Wed, 13 Aug 1997 20:37:15 -0700
Ian Peters replied: Hmmm... yeah, Tony already piped up with the following comment: No he ain't, and it occurs to me that he really oughta be! Whadaya say, Tony, do you have any interest in joining o
/html/chapman-era/1997-08/msg00012.html (8,492 bytes)

103. Re: Seven and Elite history, and administrivia (score: 1)
Author: "Erik V. Berg" <erikb@elrond.sp.TRW.COM>
Date: Thu, 14 Aug 1997 00:18:47 -0700
Marc, I'm glad to hear that you've found all the bits you will need to put an Austin Maxi 5 speed 'box in your S4 Elan. It sounds as if the lotus-cars list has come through with the info you needed.
/html/chapman-era/1997-08/msg00013.html (10,722 bytes)

104. OK, pass the crow my way (score: 1)
Author: "Erik V. Berg" <erikb@elrond.sp.TRW.COM>
Date: Thu, 14 Aug 1997 11:19:08 -0700
followed by a legthy diatribe, on the advantages and disadvantages of the Austin <sic> 5 speed 'box as an Elan transplant. Well (details, mere details) I'm surprised that no one has called me on this
/html/chapman-era/1997-08/msg00014.html (7,664 bytes)

105. I'll be eating crow for a good while (score: 1)
Author: "Erik V. Berg" <erikb@elrond.sp.TRW.COM>
Date: Fri, 15 Aug 1997 22:18:18 -0700
Mike "just keepin' um honest" Causer responded: <good one, Mike> Aieekk!! Poetic justice, I suppose... it serves me right, for making dumb off the cuff comments about the Austin Maxi 'box. Of course,
/html/chapman-era/1997-08/msg00016.html (13,558 bytes)

106. Re: ZF, Alfa, and Japanese <gasp> 5 speeds (score: 1)
Author: "Erik V. Berg" <erikb@elrond.sp.TRW.COM>
Date: Sun, 17 Aug 1997 00:37:53 -0700
Is that crank a vanilla flavored cross flow unit, or somethin' more esoteric? How 'bout them rods? Got any spare Ford 2.5 first three rail 'boxes on the shelf? :-) Hey, Francis, you've got me interes
/html/chapman-era/1997-08/msg00019.html (8,966 bytes)

107. Re: *Another* 5 speed Toyota 'box for Elan? (score: 1)
Author: "Erik V. Berg" <erikb@elrond.sp.TRW.COM>
Date: Sun, 17 Aug 1997 03:22:01 -0700
OK, TA18 sounds a lot more familiar than T18 did. Hmmm.... the TA14 was a 78ish Carina. Was the TA18 a Carina, as well? Or was the TA18 a rwd Celica? If it was one of the Celicas, then it probably ha
/html/chapman-era/1997-08/msg00020.html (10,593 bytes)

108. Re: Elan 5sp again (score: 1)
Author: "Erik V. Berg" <erikb@elrond.sp.TRW.COM>
Date: Sun, 17 Aug 1997 04:25:57 -0700
Thanks for the info, Keith. 31" long is OK, and I guess the integral bellhousing might work (although starter and clutch cylinder locations could very easilly turn out to be problems...) Well, 8-1/4"
/html/chapman-era/1997-08/msg00021.html (8,453 bytes)

109. Re: Elan 5 speeds and obsessions (score: 1)
Author: "Erik V. Berg" <erikb@elrond.sp.TRW.COM>
Date: Mon, 18 Aug 1997 13:25:41 -0700
Phil, I can not resist commenting immediately, re: Hey, it can only get worse... just wait until she is your *wife* ! ;-) (I speak from experience...) Regards, Erik
/html/chapman-era/1997-08/msg00027.html (6,522 bytes)

110. Re: gearid.gif (score: 1)
Author: "Erik V. Berg" <erikb@elrond.sp.TRW.COM>
Date: Wed, 20 Aug 1997 20:51:21 -0700
Well, I have not yet received a copy of this, that I can identify as having originated from Autox.Team.Net By the way, all, Dave is talking about a *marvelous* Ford gearbox GIF that he sent to me, wh
/html/chapman-era/1997-08/msg00034.html (7,650 bytes)

111. Re: gearid.gif (score: 1)
Author: "Erik V. Berg" <erikb@elrond.sp.TRW.COM>
Date: Wed, 20 Aug 1997 21:58:56 -0700
Ken Ritchie noted: Tony Clark replied: Tony, what about other wobblies, such as the ones used on Elites, and so on? Are any other sizes being reproduced? Those are the original 47 wheels, and I have
/html/chapman-era/1997-08/msg00035.html (8,550 bytes)

112. Archive instructions (score: 1)
Author: "Erik V. Berg" <erikb@elrond.sp.TRW.COM>
Date: Thu, 21 Aug 1997 02:19:48 -0700
There have been a few questions asked recently that probably could be answered by a leisurely browse through the chapman-era archives. Here's how to retrieve the archive files: _____________________
/html/chapman-era/1997-08/msg00036.html (8,335 bytes)

113. Re: 26R Elan wheels (score: 1)
Author: "Erik V. Berg" <erikb@elrond.sp.TRW.COM>
Date: Thu, 21 Aug 1997 20:03:45 -0700
I asked: Tony replied: Could it be that Gil has upgraded his S1 to S2 wheels... Tony, I do believe early and late wheels are different by rim width. I had also thought that early and late wheels wer
/html/chapman-era/1997-08/msg00039.html (8,568 bytes)

114. Toyota T-50 C/R gears (score: 1)
Author: "Erik V. Berg" <erikb@elrond.sp.TRW.COM>
Date: Thu, 21 Aug 1997 20:44:55 -0700
First of all, check the chapman-era archive files. Search on T-50, and T50. I think you'll find that there is some useful info already there. I have accumulated a bunch of miscellaneous info myself,
/html/chapman-era/1997-08/msg00040.html (10,753 bytes)

115. 5 speed Elan options (score: 1)
Author: "Erik V. Berg" <erikb@elrond.sp.TRW.COM>
Date: Fri, 22 Aug 1997 22:23:11 -0700
<snip> Keith, I missed this post until just now, when I was filing some old messages. Yeah, I am sorta in agreement with your thinking, wrt the +2 130/5 gearbox for an Elan. Parts for it may be a he
/html/chapman-era/1997-08/msg00042.html (8,280 bytes)

116. FIAT 5 speed (what next!) (score: 1)
Author: "Erik V. Berg" <erikb@elrond.sp.TRW.COM>
Date: Sat, 23 Aug 1997 02:12:25 -0700
Hmmm... let's see, if I'm not too proud to consider a Japanese gearbox, would I consider a (F)ix (I)t (A)gain (T)ony gearbox a possibility too? Seriously, it might not be crazy at all, if it would ha
/html/chapman-era/1997-08/msg00044.html (7,064 bytes)

117. Re: Gear Ratios (score: 1)
Author: "Erik V. Berg" <erikb@elrond.sp.TRW.COM>
Date: Sat, 23 Aug 1997 04:52:44 -0700
Howdy Phil B. Sure! Just passing along stuff I've collected. Maybe it will help someone. Taken as a group, the old guys on *this* mailing list are pretty damn fast ;-) (Not including me!!) All hail a
/html/chapman-era/1997-08/msg00045.html (7,339 bytes)

118. Re: Toyota Racing Development (score: 1)
Author: "Erik V. Berg" <erikb@elrond.sp.TRW.COM>
Date: Sat, 23 Aug 1997 21:52:57 -0700
Jolly good show! Ask 'um about Quaife gear sets too, and see if they have any idea what you mean... ;-) They used to carry Quaife T-50 parts with TRD part numbers, at one time. TRD USA seem to have b
/html/chapman-era/1997-08/msg00048.html (7,281 bytes)

119. Re: Lotus 30/40 (score: 1)
Author: "Erik V. Berg" <erikb@elrond.sp.TRW.COM>
Date: Wed, 27 Aug 1997 17:50:35 -0700
Dick Carlson agreed: Don't forget about the Lotus 62... but yeah, I think I agree too. Tony Clark added: Hooo boy. Now there's an interesting thought. How about a replica Brabham BT8, <drool> for tha
/html/chapman-era/1997-08/msg00056.html (6,945 bytes)

120. I bent my Miata :-( (score: 1)
Author: "Erik V. Berg" <erikb@elrond.sp.TRW.COM>
Date: Fri, 29 Aug 1997 23:06:32 -0700
Late Wednesday night, totally sober but very tired, I nailed the curb with the left front corner of my Miata, while on the onramp entering the southbound 405 freeway from Inglewood Ave, in Los Angel
/html/chapman-era/1997-08/msg00059.html (8,890 bytes)


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